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New Trade Routes: Turkey

The country has come to grips with globalisation and sees itself as a leader among emerging economies

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Central & eastern Europe: Banking and Finance

Pick-up in global trade predicted to accelerate growth and boost outlook for financial sector, with greater focus on local currency funding

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Future of the European Union

While Europe appears determined to master its destiny, long-term solutions are hard to find

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Nigeria: Energy

While prospects for oil and gas are gloomy, privatisation of electricity is under way after years of false starts

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Private Banking

Institutions from other parts of the industry are turning to the sector, though even here margins are being squeezed

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Risk Management: People

Getting the measure of people and their potential shortcomings is one of companies’ big challenges

Apr 25, 2013

Innovation and the Economy

With much of the developed world mired in economic crisis, is now the time to innovate our way back to health? How much can we learn from entrepreneurs in the emerging markets?

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Watches & Jewellery

The principal reason for the industry’s uncertainty is the clampdown on the giving of gifts in China

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Combating Malaria

Progress runs alongside fear that an infectious disease claiming 660,000 lives a year is slipping off the agenda

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Digital and Social Media Marketing

Ever-growing online outlets offer marketers more varied points of contact and fresh forms of doing business

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